What do you guys look for in a Web Host?

[OnefortheMoney]

Definitely support.

I outsource my websites now to people who can do a better job than I can, but I built my own when I started out. Without the support I received from Hostgator (and I know they have their critics, but I think they are excellent), I'd have never got the first site off the ground. I have used others, but the response I get from Hostgator is usually the best. They also gave me superb support when my traffic started to exceed my bandwidth and helped to put me onto a superior plan at a great price.

[DraftPick]

Support, quality and response time. Price is a secondary consideration.

[HWT]

Why is price so secondary for people? I find that when I shop around prices can be anything from $50 to $300 for exactly (or it appears exactly) the same product, and I'd rather keep things under $100 at this point.

[DraftPick]

If service, quality and response time is poor then this could result in lost sales, bad reputation (e.g. perceived as unreliable), etc.

Repairing this sort of damage would cost more than the savings from cheap web hosting.

Prevention is better than cure.

Cheers.
Jeremy

[bre123]

In web hosting i prefer to look for support, stability and other things.

[michal26]

I look for stability and support, this would outweigh the cost as 70% of our business comes from the web.

[Aaddy]

I have VPS and can create as many sites as I like... I've 70gb of space so could easily set up few hundred simple feeder sites all for about $100 a month.